Socio-economic costs of bereavement in Scotland: main study report.

Authors

John Birrell

Anne Corden

Colin Macduff

Cate Newsom

Dennis Petrie

Henk Schut

Silje Skår

Audrey Stephen

Fu-Min Tseng

Shaolin Wang

Stewart Wilson

Abstract

The Socio-Economic Costs of Bereavement in Scotland (SECOB) research study was funded by the Scottish Government Health Directorates in late 2010 as part of ongoing work to inform national policy on bereavement and bereavement care practice. The project aimed to: a) articulate the likely nature and scope of the impact of bereavement on social and economic aspects of life for Scottish citizens as evidenced in relevant literature; b) seek to estimate the socio-economic costs of bereavement in an emergent sub-set of key aspects, and c) develop methodological approaches that will enhance capacity for large-scale research into the socio-economic impact of bereavement.